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Australia to spend 250,000 dollars on Indian journalists to mend 'attacks' row | The Australian Government will spend an estimated 250,000 dollars to bring Indian journalists to the country to mend the diplomatic row over 'racial' attacks on Indian citizens. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through its
international
media visits budget, will be paying flight and five-star accommodation bills of
10,000 dollars each for 25 Indian reporters to take tours of Australia, focusing
on Melbourne. The journalists will be provided luxury accommodation at top
Melbourne
hotels, tours of the Melbourne Cricket Ground and concert tickets. The comfort
and entertainment being lavished on the journalists, and the tightly scripted
itinerary, is designed to cover up the attacks on Indian students that have seen
the Indian media portray Melbourne as racist and sparked a diplomatic crisis,
the Herald Sun reports. Meanwhile, as part of the public relations campaign, the
diplomacy budget for Australia's High Commission in New Delhi has also been
doubled, from 50,000 dollars to 107,000 dollars to help repair the damage caused
by months of negative publicity and street protests. |
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